Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 3876
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 003876
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town North Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution Sr Elizabeth Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Northcott, William
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 9 12, 1904
10. AGE in Years66 Months8 Days23 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Fisherman
12. Kind of industry Deep Sea Fishing
13. Date last worked Dec. 1970 14. Total years 50
15. If married name of spouse Margaret Gheney Northcott
16. NAME of Father Thomas Northcott
17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
18. NAME of Mother Jennie Collier Northcott
19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
20. Signature of Informant Margaret Northcott
address Regent Street, North Sydney
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Holy Cross, North Sydney
Date of burial June 7, 1971
22. Undertaker W.J. Dooley Funeral Service Ltd
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Pulmonary Hemorrhage
(b) Emphysema
(c) Chronic Bronchitis
other Recovery from Heart attack
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